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It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard

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A Substack on caregiving, writing and reporting - and the policies that make parenting in America so hard.

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About Rebecca Gale

Reporter and writer on caregiving, child care, parenting, and policy. Staff writer at Better Life Lab at New America.

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